Bloom : 'We'll continue to be active ..'

[ramfandan]

Many at camp believe Chaim has at least one more move this spring. Of course, most speculation goes to JoJo Romero .
In one article I read, it was discussed whether a trade would be better at the 'deadline' vs. prior to the season.
A case for trading him now was that relievers can be quite volatile in their perfromance from year to year (they remember Helsley slump) and of course injury risk factors into the decision also. JoJo had a lot of ground balls for outs n 2025 . Sometimes those same grounders the next year find the holes rather than the gloves at a high rate .
Thus some feel trade JoJo while he is both healthy and coming off a very good 2025.
If not JoJo , do you think Chaim has any other player he would trade prior to March ?

[11WSChamps]

One of the young catchers? Maybe package one of them with Romero?

Where are they all going to play and get AB's?

Do we carry Herrera, Pages and one other catcher out of camp?

[bccardsfan]

One of the young catchers? Maybe package one of them with Romero?

Where are they all going to play and get AB's?

Do we carry Herrera, Pages and one other catcher out of camp?

We are deepest and catcher and middle infielders. Romero and a catching prospect is certainly possible. Not sure what you would get that would really help. I suppose you might get a AAA OF prospect ready to get a shot at the show. That is what we need. You will not get a proven starting major league OFer worth a lot, unless they are in the walk year.

[11WSChamps]

One of the young catchers? Maybe package one of them with Romero?

Where are they all going to play and get AB's?

Do we carry Herrera, Pages and one other catcher out of camp?

We are deepest and catcher and middle infielders. Romero and a catching prospect is certainly possible. Not sure what you would get that would really help. I suppose you might get a AAA OF prospect ready to get a shot at the show. That is what we need. You will not get a proven starting major league OFer worth a lot, unless they are in the walk year.

Yeah I'm just trying to figure out the logjam at catcher now that they're determined Herrera will catch.

[bccardsfan]

One of the young catchers? Maybe package one of them with Romero?

Where are they all going to play and get AB's?

Do we carry Herrera, Pages and one other catcher out of camp?

We are deepest and catcher and middle infielders. Romero and a catching prospect is certainly possible. Not sure what you would get that would really help. I suppose you might get a AAA OF prospect ready to get a shot at the show. That is what we need. You will not get a proven starting major league OFer worth a lot, unless they are in the walk year.

Yeah I'm just trying to figure out the logjam at catcher now that they're determined Herrera will catch.

Hard to say. It is why ST will interesting this year. I still don't see how Bloom is going to get one good corner OFer out of all of it. Even if Baez can keep developing in AAA he would not be ready to jump this season. He is not Pujols.... Noot is what he is. If on the field he is not bad, but not going to be a huge contributor consistently, and he is oft injured. I don't hold out much hope that VSII or Walker will set the world on fire, even if they do improve. Church... even if he gets his feet under him, he might be decent, but not the guy to light a fire under the team. We need one OFer who makes a real offensive contribution, like top 4 hitter on the team. I have no idea who that guy will be, but I doubt he is on the roster right now...

[Melville]

One of the young catchers? Maybe package one of them with Romero?

Where are they all going to play and get AB's?

Do we carry Herrera, Pages and one other catcher out of camp?

We are deepest and catcher and middle infielders. Romero and a catching prospect is certainly possible. Not sure what you would get that would really help. I suppose you might get a AAA OF prospect ready to get a shot at the show. That is what we need. You will not get a proven starting major league OFer worth a lot, unless they are in the walk year.

Yeah I'm just trying to figure out the logjam at catcher now that they're determined Herrera will catch.

They are not determined to have Herrera catch.
At most, Bloom will give him a courtesy look - with no real intention of Herrera sticking.

[11WSChamps]

One of the young catchers? Maybe package one of them with Romero?

Where are they all going to play and get AB's?

Do we carry Herrera, Pages and one other catcher out of camp?

We are deepest and catcher and middle infielders. Romero and a catching prospect is certainly possible. Not sure what you would get that would really help. I suppose you might get a AAA OF prospect ready to get a shot at the show. That is what we need. You will not get a proven starting major league OFer worth a lot, unless they are in the walk year.

Yeah I'm just trying to figure out the logjam at catcher now that they're determined Herrera will catch.

They are not determined to have Herrera catch.
At most, Bloom will give him a courtesy look - with no real intention of Herrera sticking.

Then why do it?

It makes no sense unless Herrera has made it known he doesn't want to be relegated to DHing 80% of the time.

As far as I know he hasn't been using an OFers glove in the off season getting tutelage there so what is the end game here and shouldn't there be a definitive plan for perhaps the best RH bat in the organization at this time?

[alw80]

I don't think JoJo is as coveted as most of us here believe he is. The other teams in the league look at his underlying numbers from last year and see that he was smoke and mirrors. Bloom should take what he can get for him because hes probably going to regress quite a bit this year.

[alw80]

One of the young catchers? Maybe package one of them with Romero?

Where are they all going to play and get AB's?

Do we carry Herrera, Pages and one other catcher out of camp?

We are deepest and catcher and middle infielders. Romero and a catching prospect is certainly possible. Not sure what you would get that would really help. I suppose you might get a AAA OF prospect ready to get a shot at the show. That is what we need. You will not get a proven starting major league OFer worth a lot, unless they are in the walk year.

Yeah I'm just trying to figure out the logjam at catcher now that they're determined Herrera will catch.

I don't really believe Herrera will stick at catcher. Hes just not good there, unless they have Yadi really work with him and can turn him around.

[ecleme22]

One of the young catchers? Maybe package one of them with Romero?

Where are they all going to play and get AB's?

Do we carry Herrera, Pages and one other catcher out of camp?

I think it's a tad early to have anxiety about young catchers.

Maybe Bloom gets an offer he can't refuse. But I'm guessing he doesn't have the same "blocking!" anxiety Mo did, which was the primary rationale behind the Randy trade, and played a part in the Gallen/Sandy trade.

[Ronnie Dobbs]

One of the young catchers? Maybe package one of them with Romero?

Where are they all going to play and get AB's?

Do we carry Herrera, Pages and one other catcher out of camp?

I think it's less of a logjam than you might think. Pages is a backup, period. Herrera is iffy to even stick at catcher. Crooks is young and has a lot of potential, but it's no guarantee he is anything other than a backup either. And in today's it's a 60-40 to 50-50 split. The days of the ironman catcher are over.

I think you can pretty easily carry all three, mainly because of Herrera. I think he's your best candidate to DH if he isn't catching. Even if he does catch, you can do some kind of rotation where he and Crooks get into the rotation. And although I am trying to stay positive on Herrera's ability to catch, it's far from guaranteed. And if he can't, problem solved.

Or just trade Pages. Not sure if he has options, but you can also send him down. You have Pozo catching in Memphis, so he's a fine backup if Pages is not on the team and one of Crooks or Herrera get hurt. I like Pages as a backup, but he's easily the most disposable of the three.

[Web7]

They don’t have much salary left to dump …. It’s likely they are done

[sikeston bulldog2]

One of the young catchers? Maybe package one of them with Romero?

Where are they all going to play and get AB's?

Do we carry Herrera, Pages and one other catcher out of camp?

I think it's less of a logjam than you might think. Pages is a backup, period. Herrera is iffy to even stick at catcher. Crooks is young and has a lot of potential, but it's no guarantee he is anything other than a backup either. And in today's it's a 60-40 to 50-50 split. The days of the ironman catcher are over.

I think you can pretty easily carry all three, mainly because of Herrera. I think he's your best candidate to DH if he isn't catching. Even if he does catch, you can do some kind of rotation where he and Crooks get into the rotation. And although I am trying to stay positive on Herrera's ability to catch, it's far from guaranteed. And if he can't, problem solved.

Or just trade Pages. Not sure if he has options, but you can also send him down. You have Pozo catching in Memphis, so he's a fine backup if Pages is not on the team and one of Crooks or Herrera get hurt. I like Pages as a backup, but he's easily the most disposable of the three.

Nice write. I think Pages hits ok. Wanna trade? Him and Romero would pair nicely. Then the logjam eases.

[TopofthePerch]

They don’t have much salary left to dump …. It’s likely they are done

So you're calling bloom a liar then? He actually has been very transparent. I don't think you understand the magnitude of what he's done .When you trade 3 players with no trade clauses and have spent the off-season getting the best return you can for Donovan you have been very active. He doesn't make moves just to make them. I realize I am likely wasting my time responding to you but others might understand.

[sikeston bulldog2]

They don’t have much salary left to dump …. It’s likely they are done

So you're calling bloom a liar then? He actually has been very transparent. I don't think you understand the magnitude of what he's done .When you trade 3 players with no trade clauses and have spent the off-season getting the best return you can for Donovan you have been very active. He doesn't make moves just to make them. I realize I am likely wasting my time responding to you but others might understand.

Ground control to Major Tom.

[TopofthePerch]

One of the young catchers? Maybe package one of them with Romero?

Where are they all going to play and get AB's?

Do we carry Herrera, Pages and one other catcher out of camp?

I think it's less of a logjam than you might think. Pages is a backup, period. Herrera is iffy to even stick at catcher. Crooks is young and has a lot of potential, but it's no guarantee he is anything other than a backup either. And in today's it's a 60-40 to 50-50 split. The days of the ironman catcher are over.

I think you can pretty easily carry all three, mainly because of Herrera. I think he's your best candidate to DH if he isn't catching. Even if he does catch, you can do some kind of rotation where he and Crooks get into the rotation. And although I am trying to stay positive on Herrera's ability to catch, it's far from guaranteed. And if he can't, problem solved.

Or just trade Pages. Not sure if he has options, but you can also send him down. You have Pozo catching in Memphis, so he's a fine backup if Pages is not on the team and one of Crooks or Herrera get hurt. I like Pages as a backup, but he's easily the most disposable of the three.

Nice write. I think Pages hits ok. Wanna trade? Him and Romero would pair nicely. Then the logjam eases.

I completely agree and with the news that Nootbar is close to ready for opening day makes me think you should float interest in him out there. Maybe they can make something work with those pieces to help bloom add what he is looking for